Rebirth Of The Flesh

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Rebirth Of The Flesh

NPG Music Club download no official artwork created from the album Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Song details Performer: Prince First Released: 28 August 2001 - NPG Music Club Edition # 8 mp3 download (live version) 25 September 2020 - Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album (studio version) Album(s): Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Writer(s): Prince Producer(s): Prince Live Appearances First and last live appearance: This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince Performed regularly on tour: none Performed occasionally in shows: none

Rebirth Of The Flesh is a song recorded by Prince on 28 October 1986 at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California (the day after a re-recording of Feel U Up, the same day as Rockhard In A Funky Place, two days before Good Love). A version with an edited, shortened ending was included as the first track on the 5 November 1986 configuration of the Camille album (credited to the pseudonym Camille), which was later aborted. A few weeks later, it was included as the first track on the first disc of the triple-album Crystal Ball on the 30 November 1986 configuration. The track was removed when the album was eventually pared down and became Sign O’ The Times. The full version as recorded in 1986 was released in September 2020 as the second track of Vault Tracks part 3, one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition.The song is listed as Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro) although no other studio version with a different coda was released. A rehearsal version from January 1987 (incorrectly labeled Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88)), was released as an mp3 download as part of NPG Music Club Edition # 8. No other details about musicians, recording date or location were given, but it has been confirmed this is from a January 1987 rehearsal, when Prince and the band began rehearsals for the Sign O' The Times tour. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info 28 October 1986 Sunset Sound- Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Tracking, overdubs (including horns), vocals, mix (28th) 2 - 4 November 1986 Sunset Sound- Studio 3, Hollywood, CA, USA Mix (2nd); horn overdubs, mix (3rd), overdubs, mix (4th) January 1987 (assumed) Washington Avenue Warehouse, Edina, MN, USA Rehearsal recording Recording Personnel Studio version Prince - all vocals and instruments (as Camille) Eric Leeds - saxophone Atlanta Bliss - trumpet Rehearsal version Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted Sheila E. - drums, background vocals Levi Seacer, Jr. - bass guitar, background vocals Miko Weaver - guitar, background vocals Dr. Fink - keyboards Boni Boyer - keyboards, background vocals Eric Leeds - saxophone Atlanta Bliss - trumpet Cat - background vocals Wally Safford - background vocals Greg Brooks - background vocals Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Rebirth Of The Flesh (Rehearsal '88) 4:02 NPG Music Club Edition # 8 mp3 download Rehearsal Recorded early 1987 Rebirth Of The Flesh 5:28 Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Studio Listed as Rebirth Of The Flesh (with original outro) Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Rebirth Of The Flesh Studio Edit of studio version, as placed on Camille & Crystal Ball

Additional Information See also Trivia NPG Music Club Edition # 8 NPG Music Club Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition album Camille unreleased album Camille Crystal Ball unreleased 1986 album Rebirth Of The Flesh’s title was likely inspired by Miles Davis’s 1957 album Birth Of The Cool (a compilation of previously-unreleased tracks recorded in 1949 and 1950). The introductory lyrics ("Kick drum pounds on the two and four, all the party people get on the floor") were later used for Escape. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Prince and the Parade/Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions 1985 and 1986, Duane Tudahl (2021)

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